Irish Parliamentary Party

The Irish Parliamentary Party was an Irish nationalist party that existed from 1874 to 1922, advocating Irish independence from the United Kingdom. Isaac Butt and Charles Stewart Parnell emerged as the two major leaders of the party during the late 19th century, and the party reached its zenith during the 1880s. However, Parnell was slandered by the British government in hopes of preventing Ireland from achieving home rule, and the party would lose support during the early 1900s. With the creation of Sinn Fein, the IPP's support declined.